Dorothy Day

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

I believe that we must reach our brother, never toning down our fundamental oppositions, but meeting him when he asks to be met, with a reason for the faith that is in us, as well as with a loving sympathy for them as brothers.

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.

Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.